Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Howdy there! We are having glorious weather today. I hope you are too. So why am I inside? Well, I just came in from watering the garden. The aphids have left and the zuccs and pumpkins are trying to make a comeback. Hey, if they are willing then so am I.

Anyway, I was thinking about you and I've been meaning to post something. So I was trolling through my pics looking to see what I haven't shown you yet and I got alot. So I'm getting on it.

Over summer we were invited to a wedding that we couldn't go to. It was a western theme and I know I would have loved it. I tried to make their card western looking. What do you think?

This is 4 1/4" square card. I used the Versamark pen to ink up just the frame part of one of the stamps in the From my Heart set, stamped and embossed. It looks kinda sketchy but I figured it just makes is look........... older, I guess you would say. Maybe "worn" is a better word. Yep, I think I like "worn" better.

It was a slighty thicker card but it wasn't overly bumpy. I didn't use extra postage.

When using the Expressions Thinlits, make sure you put a piece of wax paper or parchment paper between the die and your cardstock. It makes it much easier to remove the word from the die. I'm going to have a tutorial coming up with how to do that.

A few pearls........it was for a wedding after all.

Alrighty then. I still need to get pics of the cards we did at my Holiday Card Class. I want to get that thinlit tutorial out first. I'll get right on that.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking in. I love when you do that.

I just love this card! I copied the design from a card on page 82 in the main catalog. My base measures 5 1/2" x 3 3/4". The banner extends to 4 1/4" so it still fits in a regular envelope.

I used the lids of my inkpads and my aquapainter to color in the kitty. I know Summer Starfruit isn't one of the colors in the Sweater Weather DSP but I didn't have Crushed Curry ribbon and well heck, I really didn't think anyone would notice. Did you?

Lets see, what else happened......

We had an archeological expedition in my backyard.

Just kidding. We finally trenched for sprinklers. I'm surprised you didn't hear me whooping it up in the next few states. I've wanted grass so llllooooonnnnnnggggggg.

(The tent was mine and Grace's reading cave this summer. I got her to read the first 3 Harry Potter books. Yes, I hooked her!)

Then this happened. Again, I'm surprised you didn't hear me jumping for joy.

I embossed the numbers with clear embossing powder. I first stamped the number in versamark, then in bermuda bay and stamped. Then sprinkled the embossing powder and heat. Simple!

The white spots are me squishing the lid of my white ink pad and taking a really wet aquapainter, picking up some ink and then flicking it onto the cardstock.

To get the smokey slate mat, I just freehand cut around the tag.

This is my last harvest. I ended up with 8 pumpkins this year. The garden just didn't do so well this year. My tomatoes have been limping along. Those yellow pear ones are from a volunteer plant from last year. I think I only got 6 zuccs all summer and no bell peppers. The aphids tried to kill the watermelon but it is now coming back. A little late though. I think I'll empty the dirt in my boxes and start fresh. I'll be planting onions and carrots in November.

Alrighty then, I still have lots more stampy projects to show you. I'll be getting right on that.

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